Q1 - Some people believe

[MeenaV936]

I chose D, but why is A wrong?

[ohthatpatrick]

The reasoning in the original argument is like this:

1. People think that doing X will achieve Y.
2 .But does "doing something analogous to X" achieve "something analogous to Y"?

And the force of the second idea is supposed to be "No, it doesn't".

In the original argument, "Watching someone eat does NOT make you feel like you ate."

In (D), "meteorologists can NOT make the sun shine".

In (A), the problem is that the 2nd idea is presented as something we would rhetorically say YES to.

"Isn't shoplifting morally wrong? Yes, it is."

The 2nd sentence of (A) helps to make it seem like the 1st idea is CORRECT. But in the original and in (D), the 2nd sentence helps to make it seem like the 1st idea is INCORRECT.